First week projections for both Game and Big Boi's albums have the artists under performing on the charts.

Although it’s December and hip hop artists typically don’t
release big projects, fans were treated to two anticipated albums this week in
Game’s fifth studio effort Jesus Piece, and Big Boi’s second official solo LP
Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors. Unfortunately,
the projections for the two in their first week do not look promising.

Both artists have been promoting their albums heavily and
fans have been responding favorably, and perhaps early leaks have affected
their retail sales. Game is projected by HDD to
move between 75-80k, which is respectable, but definitely falls short of
Interscope’s expectations for his last project with them.

One half of Outkast is looking bleak with
projections coming in at a meager 25-30k.
His partner Andre 3000 was noticeably absent from the album, but there
were still plenty of major features.
Perhaps this will lead to Fat Stax applying more pressure on Andre to
record another Outkast LP. Is this a sign of the artists falling off, or did they just choose the wrong time to drop their latest studio albums?